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The US Air Force has offered an artist’s impression of the Pentagon’s “arsenal plane” concept in a video presented by service secretary Deborah Lee James at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. As first seen in DARPA "system of systems" promotion released last year, the
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Singapore has developed the Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), capable of operating both beneath the waves and through the clouds and it as on display for the first time at the annual Singapore Airshow - the prosaically named Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), a developmental project of Singapore's ST Engineering. "
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The UK Ministry of Defence has placed a highly anticipated order for two Airbus Defence & Space Zephyr 8 high-altitude pseudo-satellites. Announced during Singapore air show on 18 February, the contract will cover the acquisition of two solar-powered, long-endurance surveillance unmanned air vehicles, the first of
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A consortium of Singaporean institutions and private sector companies including HES Energy Systems, ST Aerospace, DSO National Laboratories, and the Future Systems and Technology Directorate of Singapore’s Ministry of Defense, have worked jointly to achieve a record 6 hour endurance, 300km flight on the Skyblade 360 UAV built in
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Russia has revealed a new concept whereby a multicopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been adapted to the anti-tank role with the fitting of cameras and a shoulder-launched rocket system. The multicopter complex was unveiled at a military robot conference near Moscow. Consisting of several drones, the complex
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First revealed by way of an information sheet at the Beijing Aero Show in September last year, the Chengdu Wing Loong II turboprop-powered UAV is being exhibited in model form at the Singapore Airshow for the first time outside China. The model shows an air vehicle with a slender
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207 entries from 25 countries are now being judged for the inaugural Bay Area Drone Film Festival, which will take place on Sunday, February 28, 7 p.m., at the 500-seat AMC Mercado-20 at 3111 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara.The mission of the festival is to promote
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Following the successful first edition of Drone World Expo in 2015, the organizers have been busy planning for the second annual event scheduled for November 15-16, 2016, once again at the San Jose Convention Center. The inaugural Drone World Expo welcomed 2,120 people from 29 countries to Silicon
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The winners of the second UAE Drones for Good Award and the first UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good, the world's biggest awards in civilian applications of drones and robotics technology, were announced in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President
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TUBITAK, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, is organizing an international UAV competition, UAV TURKEY between 21-25 September 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. High School and University Teams will be welcomed to the competition.The goal of the UAV TURKEY competition is to demonstrate the utility of UAVs
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A team of Engineering students at Oakland University has created an amphibious multi-rotor drone prototype and they're headed to Dubai for an international competition and a chance at a $1 million prize. The Oakland team is one of 10 international semifinalists in the 2016 United Arab Emirates
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EuropaDrone, which is taking place in Lyon, France on 6 & 7 April 2016 will be Europe's largest RPAS event for international RPAS professionals and will be dedicated to the entire RPAS supply & value chain [manufacturers (systems & sub-systems & critical components), services with RPAS &